Dr Gloom

Well I'd suggest you're using the wrong criteria. i'm trying to play devil's advocate a little bit. it would be very harsh on him to sack him if he took us up I'd move him back into a coaching role and get somebody better in ideally. Agree it would be harsh but I couldn't give a fuck tbh. All the most sucessful clubs are mercenary about that type of thing. Obviously I don't envisage us moving on the manager front anyway so it's all a bit moot really. if we go up and ashley manages to sell up in the summer, i wouldn't be surprised if a new owner comes in, has a look says 'thanks chris but see you later' and gets a better manager with more experience in. a more likely scenerio if we go up is ashley fucking around taking the club on and off the market, not signing anyone of note, keeping hughton, then sacking him when it all goes tits up a few months into the season.

Well I'd suggest you're using the wrong criteria. i'm trying to play devil's advocate a little bit. it would be very harsh on him to sack him if he took us up

if we sack him before we go up, it will fuel the media scorn about us not giving our managers enough time. doesn't he deserve a chance if we go up? i'm saying this based on the achievement (if it happens) of getting us promoted at the first time of asking combined with how low our expectations were pre-season, not on the performances that have got us to where we are.

hughton has done a better job than any of us would have expected at the start of the season. but how many of you think he has a long term future at the club? he deserves a lot of credit for guiding us to the top of the table. no one expected that. if he takes us up, surely he deserves a chance to manage in the top flight? i think if he takes us up, he would deserves a crack at it. but i'm torn. i can't get rid of nagging doubts at the back of my mind. we've been playing horrible football all season, we're lucky to be where we are in the table; the standard of football in this division is so awful - is he good enough to manage in the top flight? and if we go up, will he simply be so happy to be in charge of a premier league club that he turns into another ashley puppet? like i said, i'm torn. what do you lot reckon?

houghton put the right side given the circumstances we'd all like to see us compete for the cup but this season, more than any in recent memory, the league has to take priority. i'd be pissed off we put a reserve side in the cup if we were in the top flight but let's be honest, we were never going to have a shout with our current squad and it's absolutely vital that we regain top flight status this year.

the level 7 lot might have shit songs, but they at least try get a bit of atmosphere going, unlike the east stand and the posh seats in the milburn

yup. they won't want to accept less than the £5m for him they need to stay afloat until the end of the season. although they might be tempted to sell for slightly less towards the end of the window, i still can't see a championship side coming up with the kind of money required. even real madrid have been linked with him!

They turn those scans around pretty quickly these days.

what is the back line going to look like with s taylor and enrique injured and r taylor suspended? pancrate-----williamson----collocini-----kadar i can't believe we'll win the title with that back 4

jonas off, presumably with an injury

ambrose hits the post. warning shot. doesn't sound like we're creating anything. how the fuck are we still top of this division?

37k crowd.

goes to show that a couple of injuries and we look pretty weak. decent first team at this level but fuck all in reserve

pancrate on at right back??? that's a head scratcher chris

enrique injured and coming off. oh dear

oggy oggy oggy!

forest cannot stop losing. we need to stop drawing and win our games in hand if we're to get the 6 point buffer back. good to see west brom dropping points

surely would be another loan so a deal could be done after the window closes. he looks a good prospect

he's blatantly off to a premier league club

my palace supporting work mate will be gutted

wayne routledge hattrick after brace on debut

i don't see how anybody could be unhappy with this move given our current situation. he's exactly the sort of player we need at the moment, we would do well to attract better and to be honest, even though he's struggled in the top flight, he'll probably do a job for a mid table side at least as a squad player, which to be fair is the best we can hope for in the next few years.

This is the first big club he's played for, he'll realise he'll never get a better chance, and his attitude with QPR this season has been excellent. Young players often have a bad attitude think they're billy big bollocks, particularly black southern players for some reason, but I have faith.

agree 100%. just what we need at this level. we like a tricky winger at sjp.

any kind of win is a good win. we need to break this run of draws. i don't care if we win 1-0 with the winning goal a deflection off shola's arse coming against the run of play.